Objetivo: To determine the correlation between salivary glucose levels with fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, and C-peptide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study performed at the Centro de Investigación en Diabetes, Obesidad y Nutrición (CIDON) in Lima, Peru, during 2021. Patients were categorized as those with good metabolic control (HbA1c<7 %), and poor metabolic control (HbA1c≥7 %). Baseline fasting blood glucose, as well as blood HbA1c and C-peptide values were measured. Salivary glucose was measured using the glucose oxidase method. Spearman’s correlation was used for determining an association between salivary glucose levels and fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, and C-peptide. Results: One-hundred and forty-two subjects with T2DM participated in the study. Salivary glucose was significantly higher in T2DM subjects ...

Objetivo: To determine the correlation between salivary glucose levels with fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, and C-peptide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study performed at the Centro de Investigación en Diabetes, Obesidad y Nutrición (CIDON) in Lima, Peru, during 2021. Patients were categorized as those with good metabolic control (HbA1c<7 %), and poor metabolic control (HbA1c≥7 %). Baseline fasting blood glucose, as well as blood HbA1c and C-peptide values were measured. Salivary glucose was measured using the glucose oxidase method. Spearman’s correlation was used for determining an association between salivary glucose levels and fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, and C-peptide. Results: One-hundred and forty-two subjects with T2DM participated in the study. Salivary glucose was significantly higher in T2DM subjects ...